TolaData CE
TolaData Community Edition is an open source version of the TolaData tools. We partner with NGO and Open Source partners to build an M&E platform that streamlines data, brings transparency and builds capacity for humanitarian projects.
TolaData CE addresses the challenges of existing humanitarian M&E systems by bringing transparency and organizational learning to the forefront of its goals. Our mission is to provide you with a harmonious data management platform that improves data quality and allows for learning opportunities from rich data sources.
Data-driven learning is at the heart of TolaData to help you achieve a greater impact for your program.
TolaData combines M&E processes with open data and open source tools to provide a dynamic platform for data discovery and high-impact analysis. TolaData helps you to standardize your data needs while at the same time remaining flexible enough to meet the ever-changing demands of an international team.
As part of the TolaData offering, M&E and Data advisors can help your country program analyze their current portfolio and help answer strategic questions for higher program impact. The agile iteration process of TolaData helps offers real-time solutions that help to keep your programs relevant.
TolaData’s approach utilizes the power of cloud-based technologies and our partnership with TolaData to bring state of the art software to an open source community to build sustainable software and standards and to improve program monitoring efforts in the Humanitarian and NGO sector. This means our Community Edition platform allows you to sync data seamlessly regardless of your internet connectivity status.
Harnessing existing mobile technology provides a cost-effective alternative to traditional paper and pencil data collection methods, and by conducting surveys using tablets or even mobile phones, data collection times are reduced and beneficiary verification is improved.
Once data has been collected, TolaData blends it with simple workflow tools and a centralized database to allow for customized reporting that can integrate with third party software with low maintenance costs.
TolaData's mission is to transform a teams' ability to create data-driven impact.
This product is made possible by Mercy Corps and the open-source community. If you’re interested in using this product or you’d like to know more, drop us a line.
Photo credit: Phillip Hickman